Emergency tip for a sore butt
Prehistory: Our daughter had diarrhea due to gagging and as a result an incredibly red and sore bottom.
Every winding was torture, she cried miserably and despite visit to the pediatrician to clarify any fungal diseases and despite the use of prescribed by the doctor ointment, there was no improvement.
After much trial and error, we always proceeded as follows:
Rough dirt with soft baby paper towels (similar to facial tissues only much softer, available in the drugstore diapers) record and pay attention to skin wrinkles, especially in the girls, here Babywattestäbchen have proven to be clean.
We completely do without wet wipes - instead we always have a thermos of lukewarm water directly on the changing table, washcloths and a very mild calendula soap. Now the butt is washed and dabbed with a soft washcloth and then dry with a soft cloth.
The most important step:
The treatment with a red light - heat lamp: 1 - 2 minutes really sufficient! Distance (make heat test to have the right distance - it should the baby GOOD and not hurt!) Beware of OPEN skin, then this step necessarily omit)!
This is followed by the creaming - here we have tried all the ointments by, from the prescribed by the pediatrician, on cheaper zinc ointments, etc. - landed we are in the original Bepan. Wound and healing ointment. Apply this really thick and generous to the sores.
The last step:
Use potato flour as powder - (potato flour in an empty jam jar, a few holes in, great to dose)
It is certainly a more elaborate, but really rewarding procedure. After only a few days a big change was seen and soon thereafter everything completely healed and our little one and we were happy again.
